Financial Analyst
Hiiya
Senior Director, Finance – Operations
Think of Us
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington, DC • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $165,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Set the vision for a forward-looking, mission-aligned finance function that supports strategic decision-making, financial sustainability, and organizational growth.
- Lead from within the work—not above it—by staying hands-on with budgeting, modeling, and financial analysis; you understand the numbers because you’ve built them, not just reviewed them.
- Lead the development and implementation of integrated budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning models that support both long-term strategy and day-to-day execution.
- Serve as the organization’s senior-most financial leader—partnering with the COO and executive team to align financial strategy with organizational strategy and programmatic goals.
- Use financial modeling (sustainability, cost allocations, funder reporting, risk assessment) and scenario planning to proactively inform organizational decisions, assess risks, and surface opportunities.
- Bring a “builder’s mindset” to create and refine financial systems, policies, and tools from the ground up—ensuring they are accessible, scalable, and aligned with best practices.
- Embed transparency and fairness into all financial practices, ensuring budgeting, resource allocation, and reporting reflect the organization’s values and goals.
- Leverage AI and automation tools to increase capacity, enhance forecasting, and improve the clarity and accessibility of financial data across the organization.
- Translate complex financial information into actionable insights, via reports, presentations, and dashboards, for diverse internal and external audiences, including staff, board members, and funders.
- In collaboration with SD, People & Culture, ensure timekeeping systems and operations support project-based budgeting.
- Ensure TOU has visibility and remains in compliance with grant management and spending.
- Oversee key organizational operations including contracts, procurement, facilities, cross-functional compliance, and administrative systems—ensuring they are designed with best practices, efficient, compliant, and aligned with the organization’s mission and values.
- Supervise Operations team members and provide strategic oversight to ensure operational systems and processes scale with the organization’s needs.
- Build and implement cross-functional systems (e.g., time tracking, budgeting tools) that link operational data with financial planning and performance while also driving operational risk management and internal controls.
- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and grant-related requirements, while aligning internal policies with organizational culture and priorities.
- Manage and mentor a small but high-performing team, creating clear goals, professional development pathways, and a strong culture of trust and accountability.
- Lead change management and ownership across the organization by increasing financial literacy, developing training, tools, and partnership models for budget owners and team leads.
- Foster a collaborative, learning-oriented environment that values transparency, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in nonprofit finance, budgeting, and operations, with a track record of leading and strengthening these functions at an organizational level.
- You’re passionate about using finance as a strategic tool and designing models and systems that help teams plan better, spend smarter, and stay aligned with impact goals.
- You’re a builder and systems thinker who enjoys creating clarity from complexity.
- You have experience leading financial compliance, grant budgeting, and audits, and know how to integrate these needs into user-friendly internal systems.
- You thrive in fast-growing, evolving organizations and adapt quickly to new challenges, using change as an opportunity to learn, innovate, and increase impact.
- You approach your work with humility and curiosity, and you’re committed to building practices that are fair, transparent, and aligned with the organization’s mission.
- You’re solutions-oriented and energized by solving problems—whether it’s improving a budgeting template or implementing a new time tracking tool.
- You have an active learning mindset when it comes to technology, especially in leveraging AI—you explore, apply, and adapt AI tools to streamline financial modeling, scenario planning, and grant budget narratives.
- You balance the use of AI with critical thinking and financial rigor, applying it as one of many tools to strengthen planning, performance, and decision-making.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees; 50% for dependents.
- Access to Talkspace for confidential therapy and mental health support.
- Short-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance included.
- Optional Long-Term Disability and Supplemental Life Insurance.
- Health Care and Dependent Care FSAs available.
- 401(k) Plan for pre-tax retirement contributions.
- Work-from-home setup stipend to optimize your workspace.
- Flexible PTO policy, plus sick leave and paid leaves of absence.
- 8 company holidays, plus three organization-wide seasonal breaks.
- $1,500 annual stipend per employee.
- Regular organization-wide learning sessions on relevant and reflective topics.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial modelingbudgetingforecastingfinancial analysisgrant budgetingcompliancerisk assessmentscenario planningcost allocationsaudits
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingadaptabilitytransparencyhumilitycuriositytrustaccountability
